xi, 418 pages : 22 cm

Summarizing data from Project FeederWatch, a continent-wide survey sponsored by Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Bird Studies Canada, National Audubon Society, and the Canadian Nature Federation

Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-407) and index

A profile of bird feeding -- Feeder clientele -- Bird feeders and bird populations -- Species accounts: -- Sharp-shinned hawk -- Cooper's hawk -- Ring-necked pheasant -- California quail -- Gambel's quail -- Rock dove -- Band-tailed pigeon -- Mourning dove -- Inca dove -- Ruby-throated hummingbird -- Black-chinned hummingbird -- Anna's hummingbird -- Rufous hummingbird -- Red-bellied woodpecker -- Yellow-bellied sapsucker -- Downy woodpecker -- Hairy woodpecker -- Northern flicker -- Pileated woodpecker -- Gray jay -- Steller's jay -- Blue jay -- Western scrub-jay -- Pinyon jay -- Black-billed magpie -- American crow -- Common raven -- Carolina chickadee -- Black-capped chickadee -- Mountain chickadee -- Chestnut-backed chickadee -- Boreal chickadee -- Oak and juniper titmouse -- Tufted titmouse -- Bushtit -- Red-breasted nuthatch -- White-breasted nuthatch -- Pygmy nuthatch -- Brown-headed nuthatch -- Brown creeper -- Cactus wren -- Carolina wren -- Bewick's wren -- Ruby-crowned kinglet -- Eastern bluebird -- Hermit thrush -- American robin -- Varied thrush -- Northern mockingbird -- Brown thrasher -- Curve-billed thrasher -- European starling -- Bohemian waxwing -- Cedar waxwing -- Yellow-rumped warbler -- Pine warbler -- Eastern and spotted towhee -- Canyon towhee -- California towhee -- American tree sparrow -- Chipping sparrow -- Field sparrow -- Fox sparrow -- Song sparrow -- White-throated sparrow -- Harris's sparrow -- White-crowned sparrow -- Golden-crowned sparrow -- Dark-eyed junco -- Northern cardinal -- Pyrrhuloxia -- Red-winged blackbird -- Eastern meadowlark -- Brewer's blackbird -- Common grackle -- Great-tailed grackle -- Brown-headed cowbird -- Gray-crowned, black, and brown-capped rosy-finch -- Pine grosbeak -- Purple finch -- Cassin's finch -- House finch -- Common and hoary redpoll -- Pine siskin -- Lesser goldfinch -- American goldfinch -- Evening grosbeak -- House sparrow

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